- It's Alright (Echo & the Bunnymen song)
Infobox Single
Name = It's Alright
Cover size =
Caption = CD #1 cover
Artist =Echo & the Bunnymen
Album = Flowers
A-side =
B-side =
Released =23 April 2001
Format =CD single , 7" single
Recorded =
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 3:29
Label =Cooking Vinyl
Writer =Will Sergeant , Ian McCulloch
Producer = Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch
Last single = "Avalanche" (2000)
This single = "It's Alright" (2001)
Next single = "Make Me Shine " (2001)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = CD #2 cover
Type = Single
Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = 7" single cover
Type = Single
"It's Alright" is a single by
Echo & the Bunnymen which was released on23 April 2001 on theCooking Vinyl label. It was the first single to be released from the 2001album , "Flowers". It reached number 41 on theUK Singles Chart .Citation | date = 2006 | editor-last = Roberts | editor-first = David | title = British Hit Singles & Albums | edition = 19th | publisher =HIT Entertainment | isbn = 1-90499-410-5 ]Overview
The single was released as a 7-inch single and as two separate CD versions — apart from the title track all three releases had different track listings and each with a different cover. The covers of the three different versions, like there parent album "Flowers", are pictures taken from the book "
Wisconsin Death Trip ". [cite web | title = The Ultimate Echo and The Bunnymen Discography | url = http://www.villiersterrace.com/disc/1997-2002.htm | publisher = Villiers Terrace.com | accessdate = 2008-05-07 ]Written and producedby
Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch, the title track also had additional production, engineering and mixing by Pete Coleman. The version of "Rescue" on CD #1 was mixed by Joe McKechnie.Critical reception
The song has received mixed reviews.
Allmusic described the song as rolling with "layered guitars", with McCulloch experimenting vocally for a "rough-edged spiral of psychedelics and '60s pop flair" and chose the song as an AMG pick from the "Flowers" album. [cite web | last = Wilson | first = MacKenzie | title = Flowers > Review | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfwxqw0ldke~T1 | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 2007-05-07 ] CanEhdian.com described the single has having "both the style and beat that seems to be needed for commercial success". [cite web | last = David | first = Stefanie | title = Echo and the Bunnymen: "Flowers" | url = http://www.canehdian.com/non/artists/e/echoandthebunnymen/flowers.html | publisher = CanEhdian.com | year = 2001 | accessdate = 2008-05-07 ] "NME " was less positive, describing it as "a dead-on pastiche of the swirling, Doors-y acid rock" and "not a great song". [cite web | last = Dalton | first = Stephen | title = Echo & The Bunnymen : It's Alright | url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/echo-and-the-bunnymen/4890 | publisher = "New Musical Express" | date =23 April 2001 | accessdate = 2008-05-07 ]Cover versions
A
cover version of "It's Alright", performed byBombones , is included on the 2005 Spanish tribute album "Play the Game: Un Tributo a Echo & the Bunnymen". [cite web | title = The Ultimate Echo and the Bunnymen Resource | url = http://www.villiersterrace.com/covers.htm | publisher = Villiers Terrace.com | accessdate = 2008-05-21 ]Track listings
All tracks written by
Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch except where noted.;7-inch release (Cooking Vinyl FRY104)
#"It's Alright"
#"SuperMellow Man" (instrumental);CD #1 release (Cooking Vinyl FRYCD104)
#"It's Alright"
#"Marble Towers"
#"Rescue" (The Mindwinder'sRemix ) (Sergeant, McCulloch,Les Pattinson ,Pete de Freitas );CD #2 release (Cooking Vinyl FRYCD104X)
#"It's Alright" – 3:29
#"Scratch the Past" – 4:05
#"A Promise" (lofi lullabye #1) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Pattinson, de Freitas) – 6:34
#"It's Alright" (video)Chart positions
References
*cite web | url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/Echo+&+The+Bunnymen | title = Echo & The Bunnymen at Discogs.com | accessdate = 2008-05-07
External links
* [http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/echo_and_the_bunnymen/2286284/lyrics.jhtml Lyrics at MTV.com]
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